Where does “weism” come from?
weism (English) comes from English we, from Middle English we, from Old English wē, from Proto-West Germanic wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic wīz, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
weism (English): wegotism
Definitions
- wegotism
Ancestry of “weism”, step by step
weism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English we
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | we | The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and... |
| 2 | Middle English | we | First-person plural pronoun: we; First-person... |
| 3 | Old English | wē | we |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | wiʀ | we |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wīz | we |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wéy | we |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |